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Mourinho insisted he was “not disappointed with Zlatan” when he had a dig at his strikers for not finishing the tie as a contest in Brussels.

Mourinho added: “The team had the game in their hands. We could win 3-0 in Anderlecht and this would be a really nice game. We didn’t kill the game. I was not disappointed with Zlatan. It was easy to kill the game.”

The tie is balanced at 1-1 but United have a strong record at home in the Europa League this season.

Mourinho said: “If we don’t concede we go through. That is important for us to know. If they don’t score they are out.

“That has to effect their way of thinking. So let’s see what happens. Our record at home in Premier League is not the best but in the Europa League we have won every match at home.

“Are we going to play for 0-0? No. We play at home. We always tried to win a match.”